Meta has dramatically expanded its ambitions for a massive data center complex in rural Louisiana, with the project now expected to cost more than $50 billion. The company announced Monday that its...
The rapid expansion of data centers is emerging as a major political fault line in this year’s gubernatorial contests. As these massive facilities powering artificial intelligence multiply across the...
When author Anna Funder stood before reporters at Parliament House this month, she called herself a "victim of crime." The Stasiland writer was describing how AI companies scraped her books without...
Across the United States, tech giants are pouring billions into sprawling AI data centers. For blue-collar workers, these projects bring a surge of construction jobs—welding, wiring, pouring...
Microsoft, Amazon, and Google saw their combined carbon emissions jump nearly 20% over the past year, hitting 119 million metric tons of CO₂ equivalent—roughly a third of France's total annual...
For the last two years, the AI contest was simple: build a bigger model, top a benchmark, and claim the crown until the next release. That scorecard is now out of date. As companies move from testing...
OpenAI has a new number two. President Greg Brockman is now in charge of the company’s most lucrative and high-profile projects, following the departure of product chief Fidji Simo, who stepped down...
Senator Ed Markey is taking another swing at Big Tech. The Massachusetts Democrat this week rolled out a package of legislation he calls the “AI accountability agenda,” aiming to curb what he sees as...
South Korean memory chip giant SK hynix has priced its massive US stock offering at $26.5 billion, tapping into the artificial intelligence frenzy with one of the largest public listings in history....
OpenAI finally released its advanced ChatGPT 5.6 model on Thursday, following a delay triggered by U.S. government cybersecurity concerns. The Trump administration had asked the company last month to...
Three months after releasing its first Muse AI model, Meta is rolling out a significant update as it tries to close the gap with market leaders. The new model, Muse Spark 1.1, is Meta's strongest...
The global AI race is often framed as a two-horse contest between the United States and China. But according to economists at Bank of America, the next wave of growth may shift the spotlight to two...
Meta is planting its AI flag in Canada. The company announced Wednesday it will build its first Canadian data center—a massive 1-gigawatt facility in Sturgeon County, Alberta—with a price tag of...
Hesai Technology, the Shanghai-based lidar maker blacklisted by the Pentagon in 2024 as a Chinese military entity, continues to deepen its ties with American industry. Its sensors now feature in...
Alibaba is blocking its employees from using Anthropic’s AI tools for work starting July 10, citing security risks from the U.S. company. The Chinese e-commerce giant has placed Anthropic’s Claude...
A sweeping cyberattack has compromised roughly 80,000 computers used by the British government and its Foreign Office, exposing sensitive employee credentials and internal data. Hackers reportedly...
OpenAI has floated a proposal to hand the U.S. government a 5% ownership stake in the company, according to a Financial Times report published Thursday. The move comes as the artificial intelligence...
The US government has reversed course on export controls that blocked foreign access to Anthropic’s most advanced AI systems, the company confirmed Tuesday. Starting tomorrow, Claude Fable 5 and...
The artificial intelligence frenzy shows no signs of cooling. Investors continue to shift capital into semiconductor and infrastructure stocks, betting the next wave of AI data center buildout will...
Russia is actively developing and fielding AI-powered autonomous drone systems, but their use is almost entirely confined to the military. That’s according to Maxim Kondratiev, founder of a drone...